One of the most challenging aspects of parenting is dealing with stirred-up emotions when we see a child challenged to adjust to a new situation. How a parent responds to a child’s transition significantly influences how they cope. A parent can best help when working to be a calm presence.
“Making small changes, including parenting by my principles, holding these boundaries and speaking from “I” statements, have reduced my frustration and the exhaustion of toddler battles.” Vicki Wilkins, Parent Hope Project, Communities Coordinator
Guest mini blog – Katie Small counselling. “What all this input has done has actually muddied the waters & prevented me from developing my very own thinking.”
A parent listening to the Parent Hope podcast asks: What about clearly defiant tantrums rather than just a child struggling to delay gratification? Any ideas on how best a parent can be a resource?
This is the 2nd in the series: Parenting through stages of development ‘Today’s podcast discusses parenting in the early school years. In particular, how parent’s managed themselves with a shy child. The interactions presented highlight a child’s separation anxiety in the context of reluctance to attend school. The fist interaction reveals the familiar worry cycle…
Self-regulation and the capacity to delay gratification starts in infancy.
This is the 1st in the series: Parenting through stages of development ‘Today on the podcast, we’ll be discussing parenting toddlers Toddler in meltdown- The first push for independence. In this series Dr Jenny Brown conveys how each phase of a child’s development presents parents with opportunities to step back and consider their part in…
In this edition of Family Matters, I talk with Dr. Jenny Brown about how she helps parents think about children with mental health challenges. We’ll explore how parents’ work on themselves can help foster maturity and resilience in their children. Dr. Brown is the founder and director of The Family Systems Institute in Sydney, Australia.
The reciprocity between parents and their child’s mental health treatment systems, Family Systems: A Journal of Natural Systems Thinking in Psychiatry and the Sciences, 14:2, 2020 Jenny Brown. PhD Excerpts Any treatment may achieve some symptom relief for a child even if it does not address the underlying parental process. This can occur through anxiety…
Engaging with parents in adolescent mental health services, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, June 2020 doi: 10.1002/anzf.1409 Jenny Brown. PhD Excerpts As a family therapy supervisor in the child and adolescent mental health field over some decades, it is common for the author to hear clinicians express the challenges of developing a…
“Parents’ Experiences of Their Adolescent’s Mental Health Treatment: Helplessness or agency – based hope.” 2018 Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Jenny Brown. PhD Excerpt 1 Findings Parent helplessness and hope invested in external treatment The longitudinal journey revealed changes across the course of parents’ treatment experience. A compelling ‘meta’ theme that emerged from the initial…
“Parents’ Experiences of Their Adolescent’s Mental Health Treatment: Helplessness or agency – based hope.” 2018 Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Jenny Brown. PhD Excerpt 2 In a matter of only ten to twelve weeks, parents experienced: starting at Redbank with its associated respite, relief and misgivings; ongoing involvement in regular family and parent sessions; and…
